go back

Detailed Tissue Specimen Examination

Arizona rates for HCPCS 88307

A pathologist examines a surgically removed tissue specimen both visually and under a microscope to reach a diagnosis, at a level of complexity used for larger or more involved specimens. The findings are summarized in a written pathology report.

Rates data updated October 2026.

How much does Detailed Tissue Specimen Examination cost?

$282

Typical negotiated rate. In Arizona, October 2026.

Insurers have agreed to pay about $282 for this service. The price depends on where it is billed: about $219 from a physician practice, and about $447 from a hospital or other facility.

These are rates insurers have negotiated with providers, not the amount a patient is billed. What you owe depends on your plan's deductible and coinsurance. Based on rates published by 6 insurance carriers under federal price transparency rules.

Prices by location type

Billed byTypicalRange
Physician practiceA doctor's office, clinic or independent provider$219$182 to $380
FacilityA hospital or hospital-owned outpatient department$447$269 to $759

How much rates vary

Facilitymedian $447 · 10th to 90th $155 to $1,023Professionalmedian $219 · 10th to 90th $166 to $1,820
$100$200$500$1Kfacility $447professional $219

Distribution of negotiated rates across all payers (price axis is log-scale). Need provider-level prices or 24+ months of history? Contact us.

Rates by insurance carrier

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$208.93
Median
$416.87
Typical High
$549.54
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$416.87
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$51.29
Median
$51.29
Typical High
$117.49
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$131.83
Median
$131.83
Typical High
$295.12
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$204.17
Median
$204.17
Typical High
$204.17
Ambetter
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$64.57
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$109.65
BCBS
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$165.96
Median
$707.95
Typical High
$1,071.52
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$190.55
Median
$199.53
Typical High
$302.00
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$57.54
Median
$60.26
Typical High
$89.13
BCBS
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$134.90
Median
$141.25
Typical High
$208.93
Cigna
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$79.43
Median
$398.11
Typical High
$588.84
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$109.65
Median
$194.98
Typical High
$426.58
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$38.02
Median
$79.43
Typical High
$120.23
Cigna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$66.07
Median
$112.20
Typical High
$295.12
Medica
Setting
Facility
Modifier
None
Typical Low
$181.97
Median
$263.03
Typical High
$575.44
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$169.82
Median
$1,819.70
Typical High
$1,819.70
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$48.98
Median
$218.78
Typical High
$512.86
Medica
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$117.49
Median
$1,318.26
Typical High
$1,318.26
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
None (both parts)
Typical Low
$128.82
Median
$181.97
Typical High
$363.08
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
26 · Professional part
Typical Low
$46.77
Median
$52.48
Typical High
$107.15
United
Setting
Professional
Modifier
TC · Technical part
Typical Low
$93.33
Median
$125.89
Typical High
$263.03
2 more rates with less common billing modifiers

A modifier changes what was billed, for example a reduced or repeated service. Each of these modifiers carries under 10% of the published rates for this code. Modifier combinations, and modifiers with fewer than 30 rates for a carrier, are not listed.

Insurance Carrier
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
52 · Reduced service
Typical Low
$91.20
Median
$91.20
Typical High
$114.82
Aetna
Setting
Professional
Modifier
53 · Discontinued
Typical Low
$36.31
Median
$36.31
Typical High
$45.71

Where Arizona sits

The same service costs 4.2 times more in Alaska than in Alabama. Every bar is a state, most expensive first. Touch or drag across it to read any state, then open that state for its carriers and full range.

Arizona· 27th of 51

$282

AK $575AL $138

Median negotiated rate in each state, from every insurer that publishes one. States where no insurer publishes a rate for this service are not shown.